One of the classic French dessert is the souffle. Souffles can be salty or sweet: vanilla, orange, chocolate ….
It is a simple recipe to make, but as with all cakes recipes assembled, which should be puffy and light, you have to be very careful in dealing with sensitive and delicate all the ingredients.
Ingredients for 7/8 molds – 7/8 cm in diameter base:
190 g whole milk
35 g strong flour
35 g butter
100 g sugar
68 g about yolk 3
112 g about 5 egg whites
135 g Chocolate 70%
3 g salt
Flour the inside of the molds through a thin layer of butter, then by joining the flour.
In a container, mix the flour with the softened butter and salt.
In a saucepan, boil the milk with 75 g of sugar.
Add the stick of butter and flour and stir with a whisk, then add chopped chocolate into small pieces and finally the egg yolks.
Allow to cool slightly and gently add the egg whites with 25 g of sugar.
Pour the mixture into molds, filling them to the brim.
Bake at 190º C.
For the molds with a diameter of 7 cm cooking will be 17 minutes, for those of 8, 18 minutes.
Serve immediately with whipped cream or custard.
